Depression Support Group

Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.

seriously people

I'm new here but...in light of the cookie situation and cutting and I'm gonna take a hand full of pills.....
It's all for attention, to validate their existence. To see if anyone out there really does care if anything happens to them.
I have thought a hundred times about doing myself in..but I don't announce it to the world.
All of us here are coping with depression and all the crazy feelings that come with it. We all know we do stupid things that had we been in a better frame of mind we wouldn't have done them.
I think we all need to sit back, take a deep breathe and ask ourselves what has happened in their life to bring them to this point. I know from experience that when you get to the point some of these peole are in that having seemingly everyone attacking you, you spiral even further into depression.

We are all human and all looking to validate our feelings and crave attention to make us feel better.

I used to be one of those attention seeking types, but after seeing it occur here on this board I truly see how wrong and selfish it is to do that. So, I would never do that. I have learned that all i need to do is ask for help in order to feel better.

just seems like common sense....except there hasn't seemed to be any common sense used with some of these issues...one person even suggested taking legal action against them....for what! Like a someone with a cold suing someone else with a cold ...

A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...

Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...

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